The lakers are a complete disaster, and with Dwight gone and Kobe hurt, welcome to the lottery. He seemed to get along well on the clipps, and probably doesn't want to move to keep his two kids stable.

I do too, but I highly doubt it happens. He is 32, and just left $10 mil on the table to get a longer deal. Most we could offer is 3years $10mil. He'd play for longer and only earn the same amount, he'd look foolish. I can see him going to a team that will have little success (Detroit/Sacremento/Philly/Milwaukee) if he can get the contract he wants rather than take less with a contender. He also wants to be a starter or get significant minutes. We can offer him none of these things. I know we have the Russian connection and his old pal Dwill, but money talks.

It's funny, either of them could start and come off the bench no problem. Not sure if Dudley, Barnes and Bullock could play a little a the 2. I know that's going to be mostly Crawford/Redick main position, but it doesn't hurt to have options.

Barnes revived his career last season at LAC with CP. He thrives on his hustle plays, but more importantly, on a great PG who can read his subtle cuts and who can penetrate/kick out to the corner 3. Under D'Antoni, he would still get looks at the 3, but I feel like his game would be a bit limited.

Then again, he's good friends with Kobe. I would be devastated to see him go. One of my favorite Clippers last season.

Check out his playoff stats. IMO, those numbers speak volumes about the importance of a player's role on a team. You are correct in that I may have used the term "revived" a bit loosely, but of all the teams he has been a part of, his offensive/defensive role on the Clips is the best fit in his career (especially coming off the bench).

Yeah, I just touched on that in another comment. Lakers used him a lot in the regular season and then just cut his minutes in the playoffs while Clippers used him consistently throughout. Definitely under-utilized on his previous team. And as I said in another reply, this little debate doesn't even matter... he's a solid low-maintenance guy to have on a contender. Congrats on re-signing him.

No teams wanted him? I've already forgotten last offseason, but I find that hard to believe. He's been signing 1-2yr min deals on good teams for a while now... a lot of teams would love to obtain a hustle player like Barnes on that kind of no risk, high reward deal. He was already in LA, maybe he just held out hoping to sign with the Clipps?

I can agree he proved he's the same guy after injures with the Lakers, but I still think "revived his career" is an exaggeration. These are minor details that don't really matter though. I think we can all agree he's a good role player to have on a contender. Congrats on re-signing him and not losing him to the Lakers.

Matt Barnes let the world know that he is a free agent and talking to a few other teams besides the Lakers. One of the NBA teams rumored to be in the mix for Barnes services are the Boston Celtics.

He's had very similar opportunities in the regular season. I can agree with him being under-utilized in the playoffs though. He's certainly had the better post-season with the Clipps since they actually continue to use him instead of cutting a ton of his minutes like the Lakers did.

This dude was so good on the Clips last year. I can't see why he'd go back to being a Laker when his game fits the Clips style so much better. That and he's probably got a better shot at winning if he stays with the Clips.

You have any links that say the Lakers are going to amnesty Metta? I know since the lockout, that's always been an option to save money, but is there any new links that were posted that makes it seem Metta is for sure going to be amnestied? I was gone for most of the day yesterday so I couldn't really keep with any basketball news.